The Dark Knight Rises

Warner Bros. has unveiled the first teaser poster for Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," which places the iconic Batman symbol inside a crumbling city scape. The poster was revealed on the official site this evening.

With a teaser poster now revealed, a teaser trailer can't be far behind, can it? With the Alberta Film Ratings board today revealing they've given the trailer a "PG" rating, it lends credence to recent rumors the teaser trailer for the next Batman film will bow in front of this weeks release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2."

"The Dark Knight Rises," directed by Christopher Nolan, stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Nestor Carbonell, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Brett Cullen, Chris Ellis and Josh Stewart, opens on July 20, 2012.